Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1932;14:939-942.
© 1932 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc
OSTEOGENESIS IMPERFECTA
With a Suggestion for Treatment
WILLIAM JOHN RYAN A.B., M.D., F.A.C.S.1
1 The Department of Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, Philadelphia.
Although the treatment suggested here may be empirical we believe that further trial should be given the administration of thymus gland in this condition because two definite patients have ceased having fractures while thymus was being administered, and one of them at this writing has failed to have any fractures for approximately two years since the treatment was begun.